Home School

[Chapaev]

Pro-homeschool sentiment is motivated by a desire of irresponsible parents to inculcate hateful, reactionary views in their children. Isolating children from society and inhibiting their social development are the primary goals home schooling parents have in mind. Homeschooling parents believe that communities are inherently evil and want to ensure their children's ignorance. Often the parents have serious emotional problems themselves.

Scholar Chris Lubienski demonstrates that home school is an extreme form of privatizing education. It denies accountability and disenfranchises the community from its interest in education. Schools are the most accessible institutions in a democratic society. They are found in every neighborhood, open to public scrutiny of their performance, and designed to respond to multiple forms of democratic expression.

Critics of home schooling have observed that home-schooled children only hear their parents' philosophies and have little chance to form their own views whereas public school teaches what society as a whole values. Homeschooling isolates children from society, but traditional schools ensure that children will grow up to be complete people by teaching key social skills such as cooperation and discipline.

[spice756]

The way homeschool is now I don't like it .But want about kids who want to learn but cannot go to school.Do you support the teacher coming to the house.

What about people who are in the hospital they don't have a right to learn ? What about the teacher going to the hospital to teach ?

Or people who get ill and cannot go to school?

[The Douche]

This is definitely and irresponsible post. I was homschooled for two years, my parents did not do this in order to force thier philosophies on me or out some sense of fead/hatred for community, they did it because they felt that the public schools in my area were not of the highest caliber. Homeschooling also allowed me a lot of freedom to do my schoolwork on what I wanted and how I wanted. But they still made me go to the county once a year and take the public school's standardized tests to ensure I was getting a proper education.

This is not to say there are not negatives to homschooling, undoubtedly it stunts (or has the capability to stunt) a childs social development, as I spent most of my time by myself or with my parents, but I used most of that free time to read (things not mandated by my curriculum) which resulted in my political development. I then decided that I wanted to go to a public high school and my parents agreed, it took me about a year to warm up to the social environment but I did do that, and was able to have a very developed world view by the time I was 15, one more developed than many college freshmen.

[Schrödinger's Cat]

I hope you're not suggesting we outlaw homeschooling, Velior? Accountability is one thing, but attacking the entire process seems a bit outdated.

[Pero's Pen]

I see no reason why homeschooling should be allowed; it does isolate a person, Velior is correct in this.


But want about kids who want to learn but cannot go to school

I believe this thread addresses voluntary homeschooling.



my parents did not do this in order to force thier philosophies

But their "philosophies" nevertheless creep in. The intent does not matter.

[The Douche]

I see no reason why homeschooling should be allowed; it does isolate a person, Velior is correct in this.

I believe this thread addresses voluntary homeschooling.


But their "philosophies" nevertheless creep in. The intent does not matter.

Doesn't the child still have the ability to socialize other places? Little league baseball? Boy scouts? Neighborhood kids? etc?

I hold no part of my parent's political philosophies, if anything, mine influenced thiers.

I was homeschooled for a short time, this is utter bullshit. Ban homeschooling? All of your arguements are based 100% on assumption. What if the child wants to be homeschooled because they are bullied in school? Or because they cannot learn in large classes? Or because they have sever social anxiety? Or because school is not challenging enough for them? Or the myriad of other reasons...

[Pawn Power]

In the US, the majority of kids that are home schooled have parents that are christian nutters.

[Schrödinger's Cat]

In the US, the majority of kids that are home schooled have parents that are christian nutters.

And a lot of times that vanishes into smoke once they get into the real world. So long as parents are held accountable if they don't teach their children while homeschooling I see no reason why it should be banned.

[The Douche]

In the US, the majority of kids that are home schooled have parents that are christian nutters.

So lets ban homeschool post revolution?

Where is the logic in this position?

[Pero's Pen]

I hold no part of my parent's political philosophies, if anything, mine influenced thiers.

Is this true in most cases? In addition, "political philosophies" are not the only thing influenced.


Doesn't the child still have the ability to socialize other places?

Schools are not about mere "socializing." By isolation I mean not that you can't talk with with whomever whenever; by isolation I mean that the how and what you are taught is often different than others. Schools will have no influence on the person; family/parents much more than normal.

I was homeschooled for a short time, this is utter bullshit. Ban homeschooling?
I could never afford any homeschooling, have been in public schools all of my life. Banning homeschooling would not only help by the reasons stated above and below, in the now it would help my school district have a lesser deficit in its budget.

What if the child wants to be homeschooled because they are bullied in school? ...
Only more reasons why homeschooling shouldn't be allowed; living a sheltered existence won't help these situations, it will increase the problem. Example: in school I have had to learn to live with talking with people I do not know, few things frighten me more, but at least I have learned to live with this.

[Pawn Power]

So lets ban homeschool post revolution?

Where is the logic in this position?

What? I never said that anything should be banned. Please don't engage in slander.

[Rosa Provokateur]

Home-schooling is a great step in the right direction. It's not perfect but I prefer it to letting the State handle education.